One license, two labor markets: the advertised Registered Nurse range runs $24–$47/hr this quarter (P25–P75). The low tail largely reflects per-diem, home-health and long-term-care postings — price the setting, not the title. Every median printed next to its BLS benchmark.
The advertised Registered Nurse range runs $24–$47/hr this quarter (P25–P75, median $39/hr). The low tail isn’t a discount on the staff-RN market — it largely reflects per-diem, home-health and long-term-care postings quoting base rates without differentials. Price the setting, not the title. The rest of the ladder: Licensed Practical Nurse $24–$33/hr ($29/hr), Occupational Therapist $78K–$108K ($92K), Physical Therapist $92K–$117K ($104K) — the tightest band in the sector at 1.3× — Pharmacist $87K–$143K ($123K), Physician $220K–$344K ($284K).
Every median printed next to its government benchmark: Physician +19% vs the BLS family-medicine median, PT +3%, LPN −3%, Pharmacist −10%, RN −14%. Postings measure the hiring market, not the incumbent one — the gap is information, not error. Full table in the PDF. BLS OEWS reports May 2025; these are postings from April–June 2026.
Benchmark RNs to the band and the setting, never a single median. Where a band is tight (PT, OT), price precisely; where it is wide (RN), invest in leveling and shift differentials — the RN midpoint sits high in its band, so the real competition is $39–$47/hr. In premium metros (LA +31%, Boston +27%), benchmark to the metro band, not the national one.
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Source: WageScape / MarketTrak — advertised-posting data from public job postings, April 1–June 30, 2026 (single quarter; no period-over-period claims). Sample: 4.6M postings across 6 core clinical roles. Listing-weighted national figures; every role reported as a P25/P50/P75 band, never a lone median; hourly-native roles quoted per hour. Pay levels are modeled from postings; the BLS check prints each median next to the BLS OEWS benchmark (May 2025), with deltas computed from the printed values. Aggregates only. Every figure reproduces from a saved, dated query snapshot.
WageScape / MarketTrak, Q2 2026 · BLS check: OEWS May 2025
